Larry's Environmental Issues Blog April 2006 Archive

Exxon Mobil Corp. posted first-quarter profits of $8.4 billion yesterday amid congressional and White House chest thumping about possible price gouging and rebates to consumers. Exxon Mobil's profits for the ... Read More

Energy and the environment head the list of concerns for the world’s leading economic policymakers, who have been meeting in Washington, D.C., at the spring session of the World Bank ... Read More

Tired of reading bad news and dire predictions about climate change? Here’s some good news about global warming—or at least as good as it gets. According to a new report ... Read More

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased 1.7 percent between 2003 and 2004, setting a new global record for the highest level of emissions ever recorded by any country. The U.S. Environmental ... Read More

A professor at the University of Texas at Austin believes planet Earth would be better off if Mother Nature simply killed off 90 percent of the human population—and he predicts ... Read More

The first ever “Green Issue” of Vanity Fair hit newsstands nationwide today, signaling the start of what editor Graydon Carter called an “increased commitment to reporting on the threat to ... Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is questioning the results of a Swedish study, reported here last week, that claims to provide the first scientific evidence of an increased risk ... Read More

A proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to weaken air emission standards and reporting requirements for industrial operations that spew tons of toxins into the atmosphere each year has angered ... Read More